Blessed Hippogriff // Tyr's Blessing
Creature — Hippogriff // Instant — Adventure
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, target attacking creature without flying gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #12587
Blessed Hippogriff // Tyr's Blessing earns its slot by stapling a relevant combat ability onto a protection spell — the front face is a flying, vigilance body at a fair rate, and the back face keeps your creature alive through a removal spell while pumping it. Gorion, Wise Mentor decks run it at over 83% inclusion because both halves are castable off his trigger, which means you're getting double the mileage from a single card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gorion, Wise Mentor
Gorion, Wise Mentor turns Blessed Hippogriff // Tyr's Blessing into a two-for-one engine — his triggered ability can cast the Hippogriff for free, and Tyr's Blessing sits ready as reactive protection whenever a creature needs to survive a combat step or a spot removal spell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Blessed Hippogriff // Tyr's Blessing is a niche but functional include in white creature decks that want a cheap protection spell with an upside body attached. Pauper is where it arguably has the highest ceiling — the combination of a evasive commons-legal flier and a protection/pump instant is genuinely above rate at common, and the modal flexibility matters in a format with limited answers. Legacy and Vintage have no meaningful use for it; the formats move too fast for a 3/2 flier and a situational pump spell to register. Standard and Modern legality is moot since it isn't legal in either. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander case — solid role player in the right shell, invisible elsewhere.
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Price Context
Current price
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.